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The Battle of Taejon (16–20 July 1950) was an early battle of the Korean War, between U.S. and North Korean forces.Forces of the United States Army attempted to defend the headquarters of the 24th Infantry Division.
Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn more. Situated some 50 km south of the North Korean border, the metropolitan area of Seoul appears as the grey area in the centre of the image. The Han River runs through the city, and to the right of the image it can be seen partly covered by ice.
Regardless, the 24th Infantry Division was ordered into South Korea. [1] US Forces retreat during the Battle of Taejon. The 24th Infantry Division was the first US unit sent into Korea with the mission to take the initial "shock" of North Korean advances, delaying much larger KPA units to buy time to allow follow-on forces to arrive. [2]
Tactical map of the Pusan Perimeter in August 1950. The fight at P'ohang-dong occurred between North and South Korean forces on the northeastern line. With the city of Taejon captured, the KPA began surrounding the Pusan Perimeter on the north and the west in an attempt to crush it.
The Chinese government has a released a series of stunning high definition images taken from space by a state-of-the-art satellite. China's Gaofen-1 satellite was launched in April 2013.
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English: A map of the hemisphere centred on 128, 36, using an orthographic projection, created using gringer's Perl script with Natural Earth Data (1:50000 resolution, simplified to 0.25px). South Korea is highlighted in red.
After the event, the parking lots used for the Expo were transformed into the 387,000 sq/m (96 acre) Daejeon Hanbat Arboretum, the largest man-made arboretum in Korea. [5] Taejon Expo' 93, like many other former expo cities and regions, is a member of the BIE-endorsed A.V.E. - Association of Expo Cities and Regions, founded in Seville in 2002.